Kirkwood, IL is a friendly small town located in the 61447 zip code in central Illinois. It is a tight-knit community that is politically conscious and actively involved in local politics. Residents of Kirkwood are encouraged to participate in the democratic process by attending town hall meetings, supporting local political candidates, voting during elections, and engaging with their elected representatives. The city is currently represented by State Representative Dan Swanson and State Senator Chapin Rose. Local government initiatives such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and education are all issues that residents are passionate about. Through their participation in the democratic process, residents of Kirkwood help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 61447 (Kirkwood, IL) is moderately conservative.
Warren County, IL is moderately conservative. In Warren County, IL 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.0% to 39.0%.
Warren county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61447 (Kirkwood, IL) is moderately conservative.
Kirkwood, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Warren County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
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Illinois is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Kirkwood, Illinois: r r d d R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 61447 (Kirkwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $1,664 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)